Mock Draft Picks
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 4,377
- Graded
- 2,919
- Average accuracy
- 66.0
- Pundits
- 215
67% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
2,919 / 4,377
graded
1,458 still pending
By season
- 20211 of 4 graded
- 202365 of 82 graded
- 202498 of 113 graded
- 20251221 of 1402 graded
- 20261534 of 2776 graded
Who is good at mock draft picks
- Chris Brockman76 accuracy · 36 graded+50.0
- Ryan Tracy48 accuracy · 21 graded+50.0
- John Middlekauff76 accuracy · 19 graded+50.0
- Chris Clark68 accuracy · 16 graded+50.0
- Joel Klatt92 accuracy · 13 graded+50.0
- Tom Pelissero90 accuracy · 13 graded+50.0
- Jeff Cavanaugh82 accuracy · 10 graded+50.0
- Dylan Sanders68 accuracy · 10 graded+50.0
- Dane Brugler87 accuracy · 8 graded+50.0
- Kyle Brandt69 accuracy · 8 graded+50.0
- Jason McIntyre64 accuracy · 6 graded+50.0
- Brian Bosarge18 accuracy · 6 graded+50.0
- Cody Kessler65 accuracy · 5 graded+50.0
- Darrion Gray64 accuracy · 5 graded+50.0
- Bernie Frattle65 accuracy · 4 graded+50.0
- Justin Pugh93 accuracy · 4 graded+50.0
- Lance Moore86 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz50 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Bradley Locker60 accuracy · 3 graded+50.0
- Cynthia Frelund48 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- John Butchko85 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Logan Ryan50 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Brendan Donahue77 accuracy · 16 graded+48.6
- Brady Quinn80 accuracy · 15 graded+47.6
- Rich Eisen84 accuracy · 58 graded+47.5
- Charles Davis84 accuracy · 13 graded+46.4
- Jordan Reid87 accuracy · 14 graded+45.4
- Andy Furman97 accuracy · 7 graded+45.0
- Jason Hirschhorn53 accuracy · 5 graded+45.0
- Jacob Westendorf53 accuracy · 5 graded+45.0
- Andrew Erickson71 accuracy · 12 graded+44.1
- Chad Rader72 accuracy · 10 graded+43.3
- David Harrison64 accuracy · 120 graded+42.8
- Danny Parkins95 accuracy · 25 graded+41.8
- Ryan McCrystal61 accuracy · 36 graded+40.4
- Matt Miller81 accuracy · 44 graded+40.1
- Eric Crocker64 accuracy · 16 graded+40.0
- Chad Reuter58 accuracy · 4 graded+40.0
- Kimmi Chex69 accuracy · 4 graded+40.0
- Lance Zierlein61 accuracy · 27 graded+39.7
- Mike Renner74 accuracy · 98 graded+39.2
- Nate Tice72 accuracy · 20 graded+39.1
- Jaime Eisner44 accuracy · 119 graded+38.9
- Keith Sanchez68 accuracy · 43 graded+38.4
- Peter Schrager74 accuracy · 18 graded+37.5
- Ross Jackson63 accuracy · 142 graded+37.1
- Scott Bogman71 accuracy · 33 graded+37.1
- Brandon Carney81 accuracy · 18 graded+36.9
- Pat Gustavson82 accuracy · 16 graded+34.9
- Nick Wright82 accuracy · 95 graded+34.8
- Brian Peacock68 accuracy · 36 graded+34.5
- Colin Cowherd67 accuracy · 60 graded+34.2
- Pat Fitzmaurice74 accuracy · 42 graded+34.1
- Trevor Sikkema75 accuracy · 17 graded+33.3
- Mel Kiper81 accuracy · 65 graded+33.0
- Field Yates83 accuracy · 30 graded+33.0
- Daniel Wade60 accuracy · 13 graded+32.9
- Derek Brown78 accuracy · 21 graded+32.7
- Nick Shook91 accuracy · 37 graded+32.3
- Todd McShay90 accuracy · 24 graded+31.7
- Gregg Rosenthal79 accuracy · 108 graded+31.2
- Bucky Brooks82 accuracy · 99 graded+30.1
- Ayrton Ostly59 accuracy · 14 graded+30.0
- Kyle Crabbs68 accuracy · 322 graded+29.6
- Emory Hunt50 accuracy · 9 graded+29.2
- Daniel Jeremiah73 accuracy · 226 graded+26.7
- Jourdan Rodrigue70 accuracy · 31 graded+24.5
- JP Acosta67 accuracy · 69 graded+20.5
- Eric Edholm47 accuracy · 4 graded+20.0
- Vinnie Iyer73 accuracy · 8 graded+19.1
- Steve Mensch74 accuracy · 14 graded+16.4
- Peter Bukowski50 accuracy · 26 graded+12.5
- Jonas Knox17 accuracy · 10 graded-5.0
- Mike Mayock51 accuracy · 22 graded-5.2
- Isaiah Stanback66 accuracy · 4 graded-10.0
- Fran Duffy51 accuracy · 8 graded-50.0
limitedRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
Why so many dead-wrong answers?
Mock drafts are the single biggest source of zero scores on this site — and it is not because analysts are bad at them. It is because a mock draft asks the same person to do two very different jobs, and only one of them is possible.
Accuracy collapses after round one
- Round 1 · picks 1–321676 picks · off by 10 on average76.3 avg
- Round 2 · 33–64112 picks · off by 25 on average49.5 avg
- Round 3 · 65–10094 picks · off by 33 on average38.7 avg
- Day 3 · 101–175158 picks · off by 41 on average32.7 avg
- Late Day 3 · 176+93 picks · off by 50 on average26.9 avg
A first-round mock is a genuinely good prediction. Across 1676 first-round picks the average score is 76.3, missing by about 10 places. By late day 3 that has fallen to 26.9, missing by 50.
The order of the late rounds is close to unknowable. Thirty-two teams making a hundred and fifty picks are working from private boards, trades nobody has made yet, and medical information that never becomes public. 38% of every zero-scored pick we hold was mocked after round two.
Which is a hard thing to score fairly, and looking at this chart is what made us change how we do it. Until 2 August 2026 credit ran out at one full round, so a pick 32 places out and one 128 places out both scored zero — and 29% of every pick we held sat on that floor. Credit now halves every sixteen picks instead: the standard for a good pick is untouched, and being wrong by a round is no longer the same answer as being wrong by four. The methodology records the change and the numbers behind it.
An analyst who mocks all seven rounds is still attempting the hardest version of the exercise, and the back half will always score lower than the front. That is why the leaderboard ranks on MissedTakes Score, which comes from how well a mock ordered the draft rather than from its individual picks — a seven-round mock is judged on the shape it got right, not on the length of its tail.
The players who fooled everyone
- Jermod McCoyCB24 mocksmocked around 15 · went at 101
- Shedeur SandersQB18 mocksmocked around 8 · went at 144
- Emmanuel McNeil-WarrenS11 mocksmocked around 21 · went at 58
- Emmanuel PregnonG7 mocksmocked around 35 · went at 88
- Will JohnsonCB7 mocksmocked around 10 · went at 47
These are predictions about where a team would pick, not judgements of the player. A slide says as much about thirty-two front offices as it does about anyone’s evaluation.
By publisher
- Locked On Chiefs (podcast)67.8 · 53 graded
- Locked On Bills (podcast)55.8 · 36 graded
- Fox Sports Radio (podcast)94.9 · 42 graded
- Locked On Lions (podcast)81.1 · 26 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)91.8 · 14 graded
- Sharp Football Analysis68.9 · 52 graded
- The Rich Eisen Podcast (podcast)97.3 · 12 graded
- Locked On Commanders (podcast)60.4 · 126 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)74.9 · 232 graded
- The Draft Network42.6 · 162 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)79.5 · 233 graded
- Locked On Saints (podcast)63.5 · 182 graded
- John and Lance — ESPN Houston (podcast)63.4 · 13 graded
- Locked On Chargers (podcast)70.4 · 26 graded
- KC Sports Network (podcast)67.5 · 95 graded
- Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran (podcast)84.6 · 34 graded
- Locked On 49ers (podcast)70.1 · 72 graded
- First Things First (podcast)79.7 · 119 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)78.7 · 232 graded
- NFL Live (podcast)92.7 · 22 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)72.4 · 350 graded
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)69.6 · 212 graded
- Locked On Rams (podcast)50.0 · 14 graded
- The 33rd Team63.7 · 349 graded
- Locked On Packers (podcast)52.4 · 39 graded
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)68.6 · 26 graded
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)71.6 · 72 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)62.5 · 38 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)77.8 · 13 graded
- Walter Football99.6 · 6 graded
- Locked On Cardinals (podcast)88.4 · 6 graded
- Sports Illustrated50.0 · 4 graded
- Nightcap (podcast)66.7 · 3 graded
- Fox Sports0.0 · 1 graded
- Pro Football Focus100.0 · 1 graded
- 4for4100.0 · 1 graded
- CBS Sports36.9 · 1 graded
Every mock draft picks take
3326–3350 of 4,377
Arch Manning to be picked at number 1
i think Arch manning probably is the number one pick next. Year
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
Fernando mendoz a slam, dunk number one. Pick
T.J. Parker to be picked at number 20
At number 20, TJ Parker, Edge, Clemson.
Sonny Styles to be picked at number 12
Dane Brugler at the athletic... Number 12, Sonny Styles.
Keldric Faulk to be picked at number 12
Max Chadwick, pro football focus... Pick number 12... Keldrick Falk, Auburn.
Kenyon Sadiq to be picked “first round player” (picks 1–32)
I watched Oregon's tight end last night. He's a first round player.
Sonny Styles to be picked at number 12
Mike Renner, CBS Sports... Pick at number 12, Sonny Styles, linebacker Ohio State.
Avieon Terrell to be picked “the second pick in the first round (Cowboys, No. 20)” (picks 1–64)
With the second pick in the first round, Dane goes with Avion. AJ Terrell. Avion Terrell, cornerback.
Jermott McCoy to be picked “Cowboys first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
Sonny Styles and a blue star special, Jermott McCoy, the injured corner out of Tennessee
Sonny Styles to be picked “Cowboys first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
Justin Mello at the draft network... Sonny Styles and a blue star special, Jermott McCoy
C.J. Allen to be picked “second pick (Cowboys, No. 20)”
Second pick would be CJ Allen out of the University of Georgia. He is a linebacker
- PendingPushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Keylan Rutledge to be picked “day two”
Dequil and Rutledge, I I think he's in this class as well. Georgia Tech, I'd expect to go on day two.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Jan 15, 2026 Monroe Freeling to be picked “round one”
I could see Monroe Freeling sneaking in the round one because teams need a tackle
- Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Olaivavega Ioane to be picked “top 20” (picks 1–20)
I even like Vega Yowani from Penn State, kinda in that mix as well, could go top 20.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Jeremiyah Love to be picked “top half of the first round” (picks 1–32)
Jeremiah Love the Notre Dame running back who's gonna go somewhere, I guess, the top half of the first round
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Jeff Caldwell to be picked “top 100 pick” (picks 1–100)
I would bet right now that guy's a top 100 pick. In this class specifically
Jeff CaldwellCincinnati Bengals
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Close · 50Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Avieon Terrell to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
I think we see Avian Terrell from Clemson go first round.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Mansoor Delane to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
But I think we see Mansoor, Delaine from LSU go first round.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Arvell Reese to be picked “top 10” (picks 1–10)
Arbel Reese, Sonny Styles, the Ohio State duo, they could both could go top 10.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Caleb Downs to be picked “top half of the first round” (picks 1–32)
Safety class is up next on this one where you have Cale Downs from Ohio State... there is a guy who's going to go top half of the first round
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 Colton Hood to be picked “back half of the first round” (picks 1–32)
I could maybe see a guy like Colton Hood sneaking into the back half of the first round with a good, like, post season circuit.
Ty Simpson to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
but he's probably going to go in the first round because there is no other quarterback
- Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Caleb Banks to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
Kayla Banks from Florida, I would imagine goes first round simply based off of guys crazy gifted for GT.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Peter Woods to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
Peter Woods from Clemson is a surefire first rounder at this point.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026 - Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Mock Draft Picks2025 season
Sonny Styles to be picked “top 10” (picks 1–10)
Arbel Reese, Sonny Styles, the Ohio State duo, they could both could go top 10.
a naive guess scored 50said Jan 15, 2026
By topic
NFL — mock draft picks (3000 graded)
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